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May 14, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://english.alarabiya.net/views/2012/05/14/213994.html

Syrian Businessmen Defecting from Assad's Regime

(Al Arabiya) Hussein Shobokshi - Assad is today witnessing an increasing number of businessmen defecting from the regime; a phenomenon that did not receive the same media coverage given to the defections from the Assad regime's army. Businessmen, merchants and manufacturers now are backing the revolution and are offering financial and spiritual aid, while others have fled the country and are attempting to pressure the regime, either via media appearances or by publicly siding with the governments championing the Syrian revolution. The economic defections will serve as a new source of pressure against the regime, representing a genuine dilemma for the Syrian regime whose options are disappearing and whose support base is shrinking.

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